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[Guidry, Wade]

Just be aware... If you are treating those items as serials (ie, using the description field), Alma will not consider items with different description values to be the same item. From the release notes:


"For serial items, the limit only applies to items with the same description. ?"


Wade Guidry - wadeg at bigbend.edu
Library Consortium Services Manager
Washington Community & Technical Colleges Library Consortium (WACTCLC)
509.760.4474
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From: Guidry, Wade
Sent: Friday, October 12, 2018 3:05 PM
To: WACTCLC Alma Discussion
Subject: Re: [Wactclc-alma] Reloans versus renewals


Re-loan limits are fairly new. It came out with the Alma May 2018 release.


The setting is described in the release notes:


https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Release_Notes/010_2018/08_May_2018/Alma_May_2018_Release_Notes/04Fulfillment_-_May_2018_Enhancements?



Wade Guidry - wadeg at bigbend.edu
Library Consortium Services Manager
Washington Community & Technical Colleges Library Consortium (WACTCLC)
509.760.4474
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From: Wactclc-alma <wactclc-alma-bounces at lists.ctc.edu> on behalf of Charly Eaton <charly.eaton at email.edcc.edu>
Sent: Friday, October 12, 2018 9:22 AM
To: WACTCLC Alma Discussion
Subject: [Wactclc-alma] Reloans versus renewals

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Hello everyone,

I'm seeking clarification on renewals versus re-loans. My understanding is that a renewal is when the due date is extended while the item is still checked out while a re-loan is when the student checks the item in and immediately back out. Correct? I know Alma allows us to specify some parameters of loan permissions via the Loan Limit Rule Editor but can we control other parameters such as how much time must elapse between checkouts of the same item?

This issue came up as students began checking laptops back out immediately after just returning them. I'm wondering if the solution needs to be a policy enforced by staff or something we could configure in Alma to automatically restrict.

Thanks,
Charly

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